We’ve all been there. We know something needs attention – but the effort that would be needed feels daunting. So instead of going deep into the cause, we treat the symptom and appease surface level problems. This may bring quick relief, but before long we find ourselves right back where we started.

As hard is it may be, delving deeper beneath the surface and trying to address the root cause is a much more effective means of helping yourself.

Most problems don’t begin on the surface. They start years ago with an event that changes our body to the core. These can be in the form of childhood trauma, stress build up over years, even familial patterns that have been passed down through generations!

No amount of surface level treatment will ever truly solve these problems. You can soothe the symptoms for a while, but the underlying pattern remains untouched – and fresh – waiting to rise again. Until the root is faced, the cycle simply repeats.

Facing these patterns can feel scary and uncomfortable…but this is where true healing begins. By understanding these traumas and patterns and letting them go, or reworking them so that you feel at peace with them inside you, you can heal yourself from the bottom up.

And when that happens, you may wonder how you ever managed to hold on to something for so long.

True healing takes courage, patience and a willingness to go deeper than the surface. But when you do – you don’t just ease the symptoms, you transform the root, and with it, the way you move through life.